topic Re: Creating New Shapefile in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553381#M18310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">How do I create a new shapefile from a selected polygon? I'm trying to separate one county out of a state. Do I use clip tool? Using Version 10.1</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Most geoprocessing tools that accept layer input will honor the current selected set, ie only take the selected features as input. All you need to do is either use the Copy Features tool. (Interactively, right click the layer, data, export will work too -- if you make sure the radio button is selected to only export selected features.)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:27:40 GMT curtvprice 2012-10-03T19:27:40Z Creating New Shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553379#M18308 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>How do I create a new shapefile from a selected polygon? I'm trying to separate one county out of a state. Do I use clip tool? Using Version 10.1</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:12:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553379#M18308 RandallJames 2012-10-03T13:12:27Z Re: Creating New Shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553380#M18309 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Use Select Layer by Attribute, then Copy Features</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:54:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553380#M18309 BruceNielsen 2012-10-03T13:54:01Z Re: Creating New Shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553381#M18310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">How do I create a new shapefile from a selected polygon? I'm trying to separate one county out of a state. Do I use clip tool? Using Version 10.1</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Most geoprocessing tools that accept layer input will honor the current selected set, ie only take the selected features as input. All you need to do is either use the Copy Features tool. (Interactively, right click the layer, data, export will work too -- if you make sure the radio button is selected to only export selected features.)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:27:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553381#M18310 curtvprice 2012-10-03T19:27:40Z Re: Creating New Shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553382#M18311 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The merge tool will work also - this tool will also allow you to drop fields if need be.&nbsp; Make sure you have the county selected first, or the geoprocessing tools will run on the entire layer.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:04:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/creating-new-shapefile/m-p/553382#M18311 JustinMeyers 2012-10-08T13:04:30Z